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...undergraduates enjoyed some time off before the start of the spring semester, Summers spent the week in the ski-resort town of Davos, where he joined policy-makers, corporate executives, journalists, and other academics to discuss world issues...
Harvard’s Nordic and Alpine skiing teams saw their first action of the season over the weekend at the St. Lawrence Carnival. The Crimson finished ninth out of 13 teams at the Lake Placid Olympic Complex. In the Nordic events, junior Jennifer Harlow’s 48th-place finish in the 5k led the way for a women’s squad that finished 11th in that event. For the men, freshman Dave McCahill recorded the top time, finishing 61st in 29:25.2. He was followed by freshman Clem Wright at 74th and sophomore Oliver Burruss in 82nd...
Doesn't seem hospitable to label a Texan of some standing a sucker in a small western town--a small western town with an airport, at least one $46 million ranch and visits from Cher--where his ski-happy family has been oiling the local economy since he was a kid. But Massarano doesn't mind. "I've been called worse things, being from Texas," chuckles the 50-year-old, who searched Pitkin County for years before finding the deal of his downhill dreams in the sprawling Hyatt, where the ghosts from bacchanals at the torn-down Continental Inn still...
...high-stakes land rush for fractionals--the new-millennium term for time shares in lavish condominium projects in Aspen and other beautiful-people playgrounds sprouting around the world. Shelling out an average $221,600 for a deeded share, these Range Rover-in', Fendi-friendly folks who live to ski, golf and power shop are buying a couple of weeks of prime time in first-class venues stretching from the West Coast through the Rockies to the Gulf of Mexico. More often than not, though, the tab ranges from $300,000 to $750,000 and up in the higher elevations...
...Sure, the turndown service, wine bar and ice rink are nice. But what if Massarano wants to sell in a few years and buyers are scarce? (Hello, Pocono Mountains, Pa.!) "I'm just glad to have a place here," he says. "When I get to where I can't ski, and if I want to sell, I'd like to at least get back what I've put into it. But things like that don't bother me when I'm on top of Highlands Ridge, ready to take an express elevator straight down the mountain...